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The No.9 Bus to Utopia: How one man's extraordinary journey led to a quiet revolution by David Bramwell
RRP: £9.99£6.85When David Bramwell's girlfriend left him for someone she described as 'younger, but more mature than you', he decided he had something to learn about giving. Taking a year off, he journeyed through Europe and America seeking out extraordinary... -
The State of It: Stories from the Frontline of a Broken Care System by Chris Wild
RRP: £16.99£12.28'The authentic inside track... Gripping' Lemn Sissay'An important and hugely powerful book... So inspiring, I loved The State of It' Neil Morrissey'Incredibly compelling' Denise WelchCAN WE FIX HOW WE LOOK AFTER CHILDREN IN CARE?Government cuts,... -
The Gate by Francois Bizot
RRP: £10.99£7.77Selected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Scottish Herald 'The beauty of the prose is in contrast with the horror anticipated by this superbly subtle narrative' Kapka KassabovaIn 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young... -
A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown
RRP: £10.99£7.12The incredible memoir of Elaine Brown - the first woman leader of the Black Panthers'Here I was, a woman, proclaiming supreme power over the most militant organization in America'In 1974 Elaine Brown became the first woman leader of the Black Panther... -
One Life by Megan Rapinoe 9781984881182
RRP: £12.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984881182Author Megan RapinoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult -
From Marabastad to Mogadishu: The Journey of an ANC Soldier by Hassen Ebrahim
RRP: £14.95£12.56This is an account of the life experiences of a South African of Indian descent who was fortunate enough to be a part of some of South Africa's most important changes in the transition from apartheid to a constitutional democracy. Hassen's political... -
Be The Change: A Toolkit for the Activist in You by Gina Martin
RRP: £10.99£7.40Inspiring and practical, BE THE CHANGE is the essential handbook for the budding activist.'Gina Martin is a sensation' The Secret Barrister'Gina Martin's powerful campaigning and vital activism changed the law, making our country safer for women and... -
Healing by Sister Dang Nghiem
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781888375961Author Sister Dang NghiemFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Parallax PressPublisher Parallax PressWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Beach Beneath the Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International by McKenzie Wark
£16.18Over fifty years after the Situationist International appeared, its legacy continues to inspire activists, artists and theorists around the world. Such a legend has accrued to this movement that the story of the SI now demands to be told in a ... -
You Are Free (Even If You Don't Feel Like It): Mental health, faith and finding your way by Hope Virgo
RRP: £9.99£7.11In You Are Free (Even if You Don't Feel Like It) award-winning campaigner Hope Virgo opens up about her own journey with mental health and illness. With powerful honesty, she relates her experiences from being sexually abused in her youth group when she... -
The Activist Leader: A New Mindset for Doing Business by Lucy Parker 9780008567552
RRP: £10.99£7.25Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space by Derek Owusu
RRP: £9.99£6.80'It's brave and honest, and not a moment too soon.' Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish)'[An] outstanding myth-busting book. Everyone should read it.' Bernardine EvaristoWhat is the experience of Black men in Britain today? Never has the conversation about racism and... -
Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World by Scott Harrison
RRP: £20.00£12.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524762865Author Scott HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Crown CurrencyPublisher Crown CurrencyWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 145mm... -
Small Town Girl: Love, Lies and the Undercover Police by Donna McLean
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Utterly compelling from the first page' - Kerry Hudson'Gripping . . . this is one not to miss' - Irish TimesFor two years, Donna McLean lived a life of bliss with her boyfriend, Carlo. But her great love story wasn't just built on lies - it was one... -
Flock Together: Outsiders: AS SEEN ON TV by Nadeem Perera
RRP: £16.99£9.58AS SEEN ON BBC ONE'S THE ONE SHOW'Nature is a universal resource. For too long Black, Brown and people of colour have felt unwelcome and marginalised in spaces that should be for everyone.' -Flock TogetherNature is a powerful source of creativity,... -
An Autobiography: 150th Anniversary Edition with an Introduction by Pankaj Mishra by M. K. Gandhi
RRP: £12.99£9.09The life of Gandhi, in his own words150th Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction by Pankaj Mishra'Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood' Albert Einstein upon the death of M. K... -
A Working-Class Family Ages Badly by Juno Roche
RRP: £18.99£12.75'An incredibly honest tale of survival, escape and resilience' The Observer 'Roche is a charming, unflinchingly honest guide on a journey that's as funny as it is heart-breaking.' JUNO DAWSONHow does an untrained eye recognise the process of dying, when... -
Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism by Christian Picciolini
RRP: £22.00£12.70At fourteen, Christian Picciolini was recruited by a now notorious skinhead leader and encouraged to fight with the movement to "protect the white race from extinction." Soon, he had become an expert in racist ideology, a neo-Nazi terror who roamed the... -
How to Make a Difference: The Definitive Guide from the World's Most Effective Activists by Kate Robertson 9781788401463 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.47"An exceptionally relevant book for this age of activism." Bob GeldofWith a foreword by Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the UN (1997-2006).How to Make a Difference is a practical roadmap to modern day activism created by the powerful and... -
Street-Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties by Tariq Ali
RRP: £9.99£7.11Tariq Ali revisits his formative years as a young radical. Reissued for the 1968 anniversary, Street-Fighting Years captures the mood and energy of the era of hope and passion as Ali tracks the growing significance of the nascent protest movement.Through... -
Love And Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel
RRP: £20.00£12.55Brilliantly researched and wonderfully written, LOVE AND CAPITAL is a heartbreaking and dramatic saga of the family side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death. Drawing upon years of research, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel... -
The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee's Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World by Gulwali Passarlay 9780062443892
RRP: £18.99£13.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062443892Author Gulwali PassarlayFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Hope Not Fear: Finding My Way from Refugee to Filmmaker to NHS Hospital Cleaner and Activist by Hassan Akkad
RRP: £10.99£7.77'An extraordinary story that deals with the urgent issues of our era . . . a story about resilience, renewal' - Elif ShafakA stunning testament to human strength, courage and compassion, Hope Not Fear shows that nobody is powerless to change the world... -
Humankind: How to Change the World One Small Act at a Time by Brad Aronson 9781928055631
RRP: £11.99£11.43This Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller is filled with true stories about how one small deed can make a world of difference. "Elegant and wise" (Deepak Chopra). "The most uplifting and life-affirming book in years" (Forbes). "This might... -
Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life: A Forger's Life by Sarah Kaminsky 9780997003475
RRP: £19.99£13.80[An] engrossing literary debut...Writing in Adolfo's voice gives this suspenseful narrative candor and immediacy. - Kirkus Reviews Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life is "worthy of the best spy novels" and tells the story of Sarah Kaminsky's father, "the... -
Meghan Misunderstood by Sean Smith
RRP: £16.99£11.47Meghan Misunderstood is a pioneering book that sets the record straight on the most talked about, unfairly vilified and misrepresented woman in the world. Meghan Markle was eleven when she first advocated for women's rights; a teenager when... -
Faster Cures: Accelerating the Future of Health by Michael Milken
RRP: £25.00£16.43Partly a memoir and partly a recent history of medicine, the definitive account of Michael Milken's lifetime work to accelerate medicine's evolution from a dark past to a bright future.What if cleaning early-stage cancers from your body could become as... -
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years by Nelson Mandela 9781509809592
RRP: £25.00£18.94'I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest . . . But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not... -
Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World by Lila Rose
RRP: £14.99£9.70What makes your heart break for our broken world? You want to make a difference in the world. You're concerned about all the problems you see, the injustices and the suffering. But you don't know where to begin. Designed for the aspiring activist or... -
Flock Together: Outsiders: Reclaim your place in nature by Nadeem Perera
RRP: £10.99£7.40AS SEEN ON BBC ONE'S THE ONE SHOWBrought together by a shared love of birding, Ollie Olanipekun and Nadeem Perera set up Flock Together to challenge the underrepresentation of people of colour in nature. What started as a walk in their local park... -
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom by Ramachandra Guha 9780008498764
RRP: £25.00£18.02WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced... -
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom by Ramachandra Guha
RRP: £10.99£7.25WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced... -
White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement - and How I Got Out by Christian Picciolini
RRP: £13.99£8.38A stunning look inside the world of violent hate groups by a onetime white supremacist leader who, shaken by a personal tragedy, realized the error of his ways and abandoned his destructive life to become an anti-hate activist. As he stumbled through... -
Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom by Rahaf Mohammed
RRP: £9.99£6.64'Through her courageous resistance, she has, for a moment, drawn global attention to the ongoing struggle of Saudi women. The striking image of a young woman, wielding nothing but a cellphone, facing down the force of an oppressive government is an apt... -
Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower by Edward Snowden 9781529035667
RRP: £14.99£11.75THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLEREdward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated... -
The Power of Days: A Story of Resilience, Dignity, and the Fight for Women's Equity by Celeste Mergens 9781637743744
RRP: £23.99£17.34Imagine missing school or work every month because you lacked proper menstrual supplies. How many days per year would you lose in education and wages simply because you got your period? What if no one ever taught you about menstruation, or worse - if... -
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness: A bestselling Reese's Book Club pick by 'a leading voice on racial justice' LAYLA SAAD, author of ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY by Austin Channing Brown
RRP: £14.99£9.80A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'An example of how one woman can change the world by telling the truth about her life with unflinching, relentless courage' GLENNON DOYLEAustin Channing Brown's first encounter with racism in America... -
Michael Davitt After the Land League, 1882-1906 by Carla King 9781906359928
RRP: £45.00£44.05Michael Davitt is known as the 'Father of the Land League'. His story of suffering and self-sacrifice, childhood eviction and exile, youthful radicalism, harsh imprisonment and eventual triumph over adversity ensures his memory in the pages of history... -
Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World by Anna Lekas Miller
RRP: £22.00£13.24We are told that love conquers all, but what happens when you don't have the right passport? With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller tells the stories of couples around the... -
Surrender by Joanna Pocock
RRP: £12.99£8.56Blending personal memoir with reportage, Surrender is a narrative nonfiction work on the changing landscape of the West and the scavenger, rewilder and ecosexual communities, inspired by a two-year stay in Montana. In the style of Barry Lopez and Annie...